The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We are favoured:by the Irish papers with additional and - highly satisfactory proofs of the palmy state of protection for house, home ; and life, which the Protestants and Loyalists of Iceland enjoy under that grand pacificator, 'Constantine,, cificator, Constantine', Earl of M u l grave . Th e I ris h inte lligence in the Tunes of yesterday contained evidence from . the DrtNin Gazette of th ree mur d ers, t h ree h ouse b rea k . Inge, o'ae case of feloni ous l eve lli ng o f h ouses, an d one of felo .sious house robbery, all within the last fortnight of the month of December. To which illustrations of Mul -grave tranquillity the un-official papers add, two murders consummated, three attempted, three desperate assaults, meaning in Ireland f eroc i ous attacks upon helplessindi viduals, who are, in most instances, left for dead, and left unkilled for no other reason than that life ap pears to be extinct, One example there is also quoted of conspiracy to get a man hanged by falsely ac cusing him of Murder' ! We have omitted numerous other ea ses o f ouATageous outrage referred to in the abeve papers, and one an d a ll h ear i ng w i tness to the blessed fruits of that "reli g i ous i nstruct i on " f or w hi c h the Popish mul ftucle of Ireland are indebted to their priests, no less than to the wisdom or integrity of those philanthropists 'oho cry out for a diversion of the funds now lawfully be longing to the Protestant clergy into the hands of the Romish hi erarc h y o f I re l an d , under pretence of providing for the "education of the people I" Of the clamourers for this species of priestly education, that is to say of educa tion for p ur p oses su b vers i ve o f pure moral i ty and hostile to the Protest an t s t a t e , t h e l oudest, as m i ght h e expected, is Mr. Daniel O'C onne ll. I t i s i n perfect keeping, like wise, that o f a ll t h e enem i es to a system of legalized re lief and comfort for the destitute poor of Ireland, the most inveterate adversary s h ou ld b e t h e same M r. Daniel O'Connell ; and since the sort of practical (misnamed " spiritual") guidance under which the peasant mul titude are placed, awl the sort of precepts which are in culcated upon them by their exemplary pastors, expe rience proves to be by no means unfavourable to the schemes of traitors and political incendiaries, non coastal why Mr. Daniel O'Connell should be otherwise than a zealous and importunate promoter of the extended establish men t o f suc h " normal schools " of iniquity, seeing that as crime prospers, in the same ratio the power of agitation spreads itself over the constituency of Ireland--in the same ratio are propagated joints of the tail, and b on d smen o f t h e tyrant—in the same ratio is directly swollen the amount of patronage within his grasp. On the contrary, if once the poor of Ireland were made sensible that the law took cognizance of their wants and their afflictions—if they could be made to feel that by a lien upon property irrevocably established in their favour, they had a direct and definite interest in the maintenance of those laws by which property was defended, it is certain enough that the preachers of sedition would have to ad dress much more unwilling audiences ; that tithes and landlords' rents would be better paid, that the rents of agi tators would be paid with less punctuality, and that poten tates who now assume to themselves the right of directing winds and waves, of raising storms, hurling thunderbolts, and mosing earthquakes, would find that " the virtue had departed out of them," that. the spell of their necro mancy was dissolved, and that the course of nature and humanity could no longer be disturbed by their intrusions. Besides this, if we want to prosper with any system of instruction—to impress with advantage fit rules of moral conduct on the intellect, or to excite and cultivate any taste for useful knowledge, it is not upon the sufferers from cold or hunger, or other forms of extreme physical privation, that we can try such experiments with the fa'rest prospect of success. It is impossible to divert the afflicted front their miseries by verbal or preceptorial appeals to the attention. The mlnd of a bodily sufferer is not free ; pain, anxiety, despair, pre-occupies it. You must appease his hunger, or he ‘A ill imagine, not unnaturally, that you desire to mock, not mend him. It is, therefore, as we have said, is strict keeping, that Mr. Daniel O'Connell should resist most rancorously all attempts to propitiate towards the laws and property of the realm the hearts of his poor end desti tute countrymen, always open to kindness, however prone to credulity and self-deception, while he at the same time expa tiates on the necessity of robbing those Ministers who neither dupe the understandings of the poor, nor inflame their angry passions, for the sake of still further extending over them the malignant influence of a clergy who do both. W e have seen however, with some satisfaction, that there are among the Romish priests of Ireland men who, like Dr. Doyle, have opinions of their own, and who are not afr lid of bearding the Agitator upon this very question of Poor-laws. A letter from a priest, by name O'Mailey, to O'Connell, was published in the Times of yesterday, from which we rein sert the following passages, containing, as they do, an argu saentum ad hoininem, which, whether conclusive or other wise upon the general question, is an extinguisher pond the shuffli ng A g i tator hi mself : " Your first letter is a direct appeal to us, who have been the advocates of a Poor-law, to oppose the Ministerial measure, upon the ground of its not being precisely what we coull ay.sh. But, Sir, we put in as our plea to your appeal the example of your whole life. If we cannot procure the very measure we would ask, we see no reason why we should nut take the beat measure we can get; for we differ with you, tutu ergo, in thinking that the measure before us contains nought but evil. It is curious that those supposed imperfections of that measure, for NI hio'i y ou ca ll upon us to j o i n you in reject ing it, are imperfections of `our own choosing, inasmuch as you y urself both spoke aria voted for them. You complain of the Bill, that it contains no clause of settlement, yet you you . rielf spoke and voted against settlement: ; you corn plat of it that it has no provision for setting paupers to work (m:abing, of course, out door work, for the Bill does provide for ii-door). y e t you yourself spoke and voted against such a provision ; you even now maintain the expediency of exclud ing any provision of the kind, but you offer no reason what ever, other than the oft -repeated but still unproved assertion, ' that pauper labour can never be made orofitablo.' I assert, on the contr try, and I have proved ray' assertion by unques tionable facts, the pauper labour could be made profitable in this sense, and it will be well to understand our terms dis tinctly—namely, that paupers could be made to contribute largely by their labour to their own support, and thus sav e to the publi c a cons id erable share of the cost of their mainte nance. But, S'r, whichever of us is right oa this head, is it not clear that you c.innot fairly assail the Bill upon the score of faults with which you yourself contributed to spoil it ? If you still deem these to be faults, fist endeavour to correct them before you call upon arty one to reject the Bill on ,c -coent of them. Wc, who arc in favour of the principle of that Bill, have surely more reason on our side in asking You to help us in improving its details, than you have oa yours in asking our aid to defeat that principle on account of those details ; and the more especially when that principle is one so strong in its justice and its policy, that even you, with all your powers, shrink from assailing it in front, and when these details are such as you yourself have sanctioned."— Times. The doctrine which has lately been propounded by the Radical supporters of the Ministry in the House of Com mons, that any portion of the British empire which chooses to throw off its allegiance to the British Crown, should be permitted to do so unquestioned, throws quite a new light on the principle of Government. Heretofore we had sup posed that the word " Government" included the notions of authority and obedience. That the first of these was necessarily armed with compulsory powers, and even with penal process to enforce the latter, and that a thing, called a Government, which has no means of making itself obeyed, is no Government at all. On this subject the radical philosophers of the House of Commons seem des tined to enlighten the world. If tbey revolutionise nothing else, they will assuredly revolutionise our ideas of sove reignty and subjection, by reducing all Government, in theory at least, to the simplicity of the voluntary prin ciple. Some persons, wedded to antiquated notions on this important subject, such as are to be found in those obsolete authors, the great unread of modern Re formers, Bacon, Locke, Montesquieu, Blackstone, De Lolme, and others, may still contend that a Government which is obliged to beg obedience of its subjects is no bet ter than a law without a sanction, only made to be laughed at But radi ca l p hil osop h y shows, in the gravest manner possible, that a Government has no right to any obedience which is not voluntary, and that it is the height of injustice to enforce its power whenever a factious majority in any parcel of the empire declares that it would rather not obey! W e have placed this doctrine on the broad ground upon which the Leaders, Molesworths, Humes, and Warburtons of the House of' Commons rested it—they disdained to consider the justice or injustice—the reasonableness or folly of rebel-demands in a revolted portion of the empire, as a matter of the slightest consequence ; their doctrine, as applied to rebellious Canada, is simply this :—.When ever a majority o f a co l ony, or of any integral portion of the united kingdom, expresses a wish to throw off the alle giance to the British Crown, their demand ought to be con ceded, wh e th er t h ey have reason to be discontented with British auth or i ty, or not. Thus we have lived to learn, from the Radical luminaries of the 19th century, that the real prin ciple of G overnment i s that which makes the will of Me subject everything and the will of the governing power no thing. .After this, s t atesmen may proceed to build political communities which, if they have no other advantage, will possess at least one great excellence in the eyes of the ad tnirers of eternal change, and that is that they can be taken to pieces as easily as children's houses of cards. What is more, it will not require the talents of a Solon or Lyeurgus, a Romulus, a Nurna, or an Alfred, to construct such a state. The capacity of a Ilume, a Leader, a Warburton, a Iklolesworth, will be equal to it, and, when constructed, we should have no objection to the affairs of s uc h a state being admi n i s t ere d b y a R oya l dangler like Melbourne—a dismal dramatist like Lord John Russell, a venerable dandy like Lord Palmerston, or even a sleeping secretary like Lord Glenelg. If Mr. Grote's balloting-box be as easily taken to pieces, never again to be united, as a poli tical society, cons t ructe d on the principle of the radical philosophers, it mus t b e i n d ee d a miserable specimen of mechanical workmanship ! If the union bastiles, which the philosophical radicals so much admire, are not built on a stronger foundation than a government erected upon the voluntary principle, we may expect that the imprisoned poor will soon be liberated without an emancipation Act. But how was it that this doctrine of the radical philoso phers, which the evening organ of the Ministry sub sequently adopted, was allowed to pass without obser vation or reproof by the leaders of the Conservative cause in the House of Commons? How was it that the comparatively paltry question of the Pension List called forth all their energies—all their studied and elaborate eloquence while the open and unblushing promulgation, in the House of Commons, of a doctrine subversive of all Government, was heard in unreproving silence? During five days had the accounts of the bloody beginning of a civil war in Canada been circulating through the nation, and Sir Robert Peel never once opened his lips upon the subject ; nor did Lord Stanley, or indeed any other Conservative, allude to it in the great council of the nation. At length, when the Ministers broke silence upon the subject, the Radicals spoke out with the tone and temper of men exulting in the anticipated success of treason and the horrors of civil war! But, with the exception of Sir R. H. Inglis and Mr. Maclean, no Conservative voice was heard to cheek the ravings of the democratic frenzy, and bestow the merited chastisement upon the teachers of the execrable doctrine in which none but the enemies of England—of constitutional liberty, and of civilisation it self, could rejoice ! We candidly tell the Conservatives in Parliament that the enlightened and determined supporters of the monarchical and free constitution of Great Britain did not send them into the House of Commons to waste their energies in assisting the tricky and incapable Whigs out of awkward scrapes and self-created embarrassments. They have higher and holier duties to perform,andifthey should neglect those duties during the remainder of the session, as they have done since its commencement, they will lose the confidence of the public, without conciliating the hostility of the Whigs, and, at a future day, we shall not fail to re mind them that we forewarned them of the consequences. —Morning Herald. Further accounts have been received from Canada, a s will be seen by a reference to another part of our paper. From these arrivals from the seat of war it would appear that there is little probability of a cessation of hostilities before the beginning of May—as the river St. Lawrence will not be navigable until then. Lord Gosford has offered an amnesty to all those who lay down their arms, and re turn to their occupations and their home?. Of course it will be understood that Papineau, General Brown, and those other individuals who have taken an active part in the insurrection, are excluded from the benefit of the am nesty. Indeed the Noble Lord has issued a proclamation, offering a reward of 1,000/. for the apprehension of Papi neau, and 500/. for the apprehension of Brown, Dr. Wol fred Nelson, and others. The opinion of the Government papers in Montreal is that Papineau is still in the province ; but the New York journals say he is in that city, furnish ing volunteers with the munitions of war. The New York Morning Herald, of the Ilth ult e statesthat throughout New England and New York, the popular feeling is rapidly ris ing in favour of the insurgents. They are said not to be in any measure daunted by tue result of the St. Charles af fair, though it is admitted that Col. Weatherall's success at that place was-complete. Gentlemen are passing through Montreal with their families, to deposit them in a place of safety beyond the lines. The statements of these gentle men are to the effect that. there will be a long and obstinate contest between the Queen's troops and the Canadians, as the latter not only exhibit an indomitable spirit themselves, but are cheered on in their resistance to Government by an equal enthusiasm on the part of their wives and deughters.—Morning Advertiser. The intelligence which reached London yesterday from Canada and the United States, the most important parti culars of which we hastened to lay before the public in a second edition, is of a mingled character—partaking in pretty equal proportions of the gloomy and the cheering in relation to the actual position ef affeirs, and presenting us al ternately with sieister and with auspicious omens of the future. It is gratifying to find that the rebels in Lower Canada have not ventured to remain in occupation of ether of the two ba' tie fields in which they leszarded their first encoun ter with her Majesty's troops. It is another most satisfac tory and cheering circumstance, that the British inhabitants of the colony hare universally exhibited all the zeal and ale er.ty, all the courage and devotion. in the cause of lawful Government, which was to be expected from their known loyalty and public spirit, stimulated and reinforced as these honourable feelings must he on the present occasion by the thorough conviction that the overthrow of the lawful au thority of Great Britain means no less than the subver sion of every right, the confiscation of every particle of pro perty, and the utter blasting and withering of every prospect of future peace and prosperity which they have hitherto been permitted to cherish and enjoy. We have now seen the bright side of the picture, and are called to co :template a gloomy and hideous reverse. The rehe's have changed their ground from the banks of the Riche lieu to a district more remote from the head-quarters of the Queen's ferces, supposed to be in the neighbourhoo 1 of the lakes ; bat there is no evidence that the change has been attended by any abatement of their malignity and abandonment of their treasonable purposes —any important decrease of their number, or decay of their resources. What is usually one of the first symptoms of contrition or of fear on the part of defeated and dejected rebels, namely, the surrender of their leaders, has not yet been exhibited, the ample rewards offered by Government for the appre hension of M. Papineau and the principal treitore having thus far been ineffectual. Another deplorable circumstance is, that Lord Gosford has been guilty of the unutterable folly or wickedness, or both, of disgusting and alienating the loyal, faithful, and brave, among her 'Majesty's subjects in Lower Canada, by issuing a mawkish proclamation, ex pressive of nothing but Isis Lordship' s s y mpat h y w i t h, an d tenderness towards, the rebel faction. If they will but pretend to return to their allegience they are to be fully and indiscriminately pardoned—that is, they are to be reinstated in the political right and power of returning a decided ma jority of rebels and traitors to the House of Assembly, again to beard the Queen's Government ; again to urge the establishment of an independent republic upon the ruins of British autlio.ity ; again to obstruct every local improvement ; again to claim a monopoly of the lands which are the undoubted property of the British Crown ; again to harass, impede, and annoy British settlers in their beneficial and honourable career of enterprise and in dustry ; again to stop the supplies, and suspend the vital functions of the State ; and again, at the first convenient opportunity, to hoist the standard of desperate and bloody rebellion. This is Lord Gosford's scheme for settling the affairs of Canada, or the scheme, more probably, sent out to him from his superiors at home. But, whosesoever the scheme, we do not hesitate to say that it is one which can only have been engendered in the mind of an idiot or a traitor. Better by far that Canada should be at once surrendered to the rebels, and that we should give such compensation as we can afford to our loyal countrymen who, ha% ing been be trayed to embark their fortunes in that country, will I e compelled to leave it in poverty and destitution, than that a single French Canadian who is known to have been mixed up, in a degree however slight, with this most wanton, unprovoked, and unprincipled rebellion, should again throughout the whole course of his life be permitted to exercise any political function, or to wield any political power whatever in the colony. It would not be unjust to extend the disfranchisement to the sons now ;living of the Canadian traitors and rebels ; but, perhaps, considering how rapidly the British population is gaining ground upon the Ca nadian, and must continue to gain ground—if they have any thing like fair play—the more limited disfranchisement might suffice to secure for the future the ascendancy of loyal men in the Colonial Legislature. A third, and perhaps the most formidable, source of danger brought into view by the ad vices of yesterday is the disposition manifested by a part of the people, if not also by the Governmeut, of the United States to make common cause with the Canadian insur gents. Should this disposition prevail to any considerable extent in the American Union, it is clear that the struggle in which Great Britain is involved by the imbecility or the treachery of her rulers is a struggle from which there is no possibility of honourable retreat, and which can only be successfully maintained by the prompt, unsparing, and ener getic employment of the utmost powers and resources of the State.—sllorning Post. A correspondent under the signature of " Libertas"— (whose communication will be found in another column) — asks us " if we mean to argue that the representative prin ciple should be annihilated in Canada ; or if we merely mean to say that it should be confined to the English po pulation ?" We might ask our correspondent in turn, if he means to say that the English who have settled in Lower Canada, on the faith of the Crown and the British Parlia ment, should be stript of their property, and if he wishes a sanguinary war between the men of British blood in both Canadas, and the French settlers ? Have not the off. scourings of the United States been invited to assist the French Canadians in establishing their independence, by holding out to them the temptation of plunder and confis cation ? Has not Mr. Roebuck stated, in his letter pub lished in the True Sun, that adventurers from the United States would flock to Canada, lured by the grant of lands ? And did not Sir William Molesworth in the House of Commons point to the fat meadows of Beauharnair, the estate of Mr. Edward Ellice, as part of the consideration t r be paid by the French Canadians for the aid of Americi.a adventurers ? Can our correspondent suppose that an in surrection beginning in confiscation and plunder, can have any other than a most calamitous termina tion ? We are prepared to admit a great deal more, in the abstract, than our correspondent demands : We admit that we are far from partial to Colonia Government—that , even when the Colonists are all prung from the inhabitants of the mother country, the means hitherto devised for maintaining the authority of the parent state have hitherto very imperfectly answered their end. With the growth of a colony, the desire for self-government naturally keeps pace, and the Legislative Councils and other expedients, placed as a check on the popular Assembly, are too apt to pay themselves for their imagined services by jobbing for their own benefit, and thus the foundation is laid for all sorts of heart-burnings. We have never attempted to disguise the fact that at one time serious and mischievous blunders were committed both in Upper and Lower Canada, and that jobbing flourished there, as in every part of our dominions, under Tory rule. This misgovernment might often be unintentional, but it was not on that account the less mischievous. The attempt, for instance, to establish a Church of England in colonies of which the settlers of the persuasion of the Church of England formed a small minority, and the setting apart reserves of waste land as a fund for this future Church, greatly impeded cultivation by interposing large uncultivated spaces between the settlements, rendering it almost impossible to effect communications between them. But it is only justice to the Government to say, that of late years there has been evinced a praiseworthy disposition to redress the above and other grievances. The difficulties of Colonial Government are immensely increased where, as in Canada, there are differences of race, of language, of laws, and of religion. In this respect the case of Canada is guise anomalous. The French Canadians have hardly any thing in Common with the English and Americans. They are an inoffensive and naturally well-disposed race of men, but ignorant and prejudiced beyond conception, and their ignorance and national prejudices have been taken advantage of by a dozen Gascon advocates and notaries, who, for the gratification of their am bition and feelings of revenge, have driven these poor Frenchmen into rebellion. The claims advanced on behalf of these poor people indicate the very lowest state of political knowledge, and, if conceded, they would prove ruinous to the two provinces. Those men who here argue the question on the abstract principle of allowing the nu merical superiority to control the rest of the population, may rest assured that the men of British blood in the colo nies will submit to no such control. The result may force the two Canadas into an union with the great American federation, but it will never make an ignorant peasantry, the instruments of a dozen attorneys, to become the mas ters of the country. If the Americans were to obtain the Canadas, the habitans would become, as a matter of course, their " hewers of wood and drawers of water." It is ob served by the Scotsman, that— " If Canada had been well governed—if the Legislative Councils had not been crammed with Tories and placernen of the worst description, and converted into tools for maintaining abuses, and resisting rational improvements, the cry for Elec tive Upper Chambers would never have been heard. The dis content in which that cry originated is not of recent growth. It existed in both provinces since 1820 at least; and, like most of the evils which annoy the Whig Ministers, is a legacy from the Tory predecessors. In framing a new Constitution for the whole country, Ministers might have the means of al laying the discontent, first, by the general liberality of their ar rangements ; and next, by nominating popular men as Councillors." Ar.d, after some other suggestions, our Northern Con temporary observes, that should they fad, " True wisdom prescribes an amicable separation as in finitely preferable to a union maintained by force. We were well pleased to see the impolicy of retaining colonial depen dencies so strenuously maintained. The public mind is not yet sufficiently familiarized with this new doctrine to permit a Minister to act upon it; but the period is approaching when its soundness will be understood, and nations will be as caber to get rid of their colonies as they were in past times to ac quire them." With these philosophical views we will not now occupy ourselves. We wish merely to impress on all Reformers who are disposed to contend for the abstract right of resis tance, that encouragement to the French Canadians in their present unfoltunato attempt cannot possibly do good to them. Whether we ought to keep possession of the two colonies or not is a question which may be settled here ; but whether the French habitans and the agitators who have taken advantage of their ignorance, or the men British blood, shall have the mastery, is a question which must be setted in Canada.—elforning Chronicle'. We have been asked by a correspondent " What course ought to be pursued with respect to the election petitions, the consideration of the first of which has been fixed for the 6th of February ; and farther, whether the earlier meeting of Parliament (on the 16th of January) than was expected when the days for election petitions was named, will not give an opportunity kr affording some remedy of the admitted evils of the tribunals at present established by law ?" We are afraid not. Lord John Russell short ened the recess and accelerated the re-assembly of the House of Commons by a fortnight in order that it might take under its cognizance the affairs of Canada ; and although it is very possible that prior to the 16th January intelligence may he received of the suppresiion of the rebellion there, still enough will remain in the settlement of the distracted state of the ccony fully to occupy the attention of the Legislature. Supposing, however, that no business of that press ing kind, requiring immediate measures, remained, and supposing the whole fortnight thus gained from the re- cess could be applied to deliberation upon a nd dis cussion of a new leer for the erection of a tribunal for the trial of controverte'l elections, still we say that the time would be wholly inadequate to the purpose. Look at Mr. C. Buller's Bill : th a t pr o pes ea a co:npa ra tively slight change in the l a w, sin ce it l eaves th e H o u se o f Commons in possession of th e p r i v il ege o f b e i ng par ty, j u d ge , and jury in its own caus e ; b ut our rea d ers w ill not f orget fl e a it was 'ail before the repres,mtatives of the people early last Session, and that it was re-introduced early in the present, and yet even those most favourable to an alteration of the law are not yet preparad to say that such is the alteration that ought to be adopted. Many are of opinion that Mr. C. Buller's Bill will not remove just grounds of complaint : we believe that lie himself thinks so, but that it is as much as Parliament will grent, and he is therefore willing to take what he can get. We own that we are in clined to consider the gain by the intended change so small as hardly to be worth contending for, but we feel nevertheless pretty well assured that as the measure will hive to receive the assent of the higher branch of the Le gislature, even the degree of imprortment contemplated ui l not be allowed, unless the Comnsors were to pass the Bill by a very large majority. At present we do not per ceive any symptoms that Mr. C. Buller's Bill will obtain a majority at all ; one pasty in the Commons friendly to an extensive reform of the system does not think it goes far enough ; another, admitting the propriety of some change, contends that it goes toofar; and a third, though a small body of Members, not denying the existence of evils, are yet anxious stare super tins antiquas, rather than try the experiment of even a moderate remedy. Until the passing of the Grenville Act, the House of Commons might at least have removed some of the objections by its own resolutions, to be inserted on the Journals in the shape of Standing Orders ; but in 1770, for the sake principally of enabling Committees to take evidence on oath, the House may be said to have re linquished this power, and now, if anything is to be done, it must be accomplished by Statute, receiving the sanction of Queen, Lords, and Commons. Nearly two centuries and a half s a e (January 27, 1603), the Lower House passed a declaratory resolution, " that it was universally known and admitted to be the sole right of the House of Commons to examine and determine all matters relating to the election of its own members ;" and it does, in fact, examine and determine them through the medium of depu tations of its own body, but under the authority of an Act of Parliament, and upon a plan regulated by that Act. Had the House of Commons not parted with its power of disposing of these matters by resolutions, it might at this day have pursued this comparatively simple and summary course, and the reform and purification of Election Committees might have been thus rendered com paratively short and easy. The case is now very different : the 10th Geo. 111., c. 16, and 9 Gco. IV., c. 0 2, if not some previous statutes, have made it necessary that such changes as are deemed expedient should be sanctioned by the whole body of the Legislature ; and we must wait , therefore, for the tedious process of an Act of Parliament through four stages (with divers and frequent postpone ments) in each House of Parliament before any remedy, however slight and trivial, can be applied, and in the mean time the grossest injustice will be done to the electors of the United Kingdom, to say nothing of the wrong inflicted upon petitioners and sitting members. This statement will show sufficiently why in the fortnight or three weeks before the first election petition is to be taken into consideration, nothing can be done with a view to the fair and impar tial decision of any of the numerous cases now pend ing before the House of Commons. We are to recollect also that if a complete and sufficient remedy could be pointed out and adopted to-morrow, the Tories through Sir Robert Peel have declared that it ought not to be ap plied to claims to seats now made and yet undetermined-- a monstrous doctrine to be sure, but such as the majority of the House of Lords would willingly lend its aid to en force. It amounts to this—that if a tribunal could be formed to which no possible objectian could apply, which would do the fullest and most impartial justice, still it would be improper to have the merits of the petitions now on the table honestly and justly decided, but they must be left to the determination of a court notoriously open to every species of abuse and corruption, private and political. Such, be it observed, is the Tory doctrine, and very pr e tt y T or y doctrine it is. It excites no surprise in us, because we know not only that the Tories cling to old abuses, like fungus to what is decayed and rotten, but that in the par ticular instance they rely upon the evils of the s y s t em o f Election Committees, in order to accomplish their own party purposes. They think that they can secure their own judges to decide upon the merits of Whig claims and Tory resistance, or of Tory claims and Whig resistance, and therefore they are opposed to any amendment of a mode of trial which gives them such obvious and certain advantages. What then (to revert to the first inquiry of 1 our correspondent) is the cou rse t o b e pur s ued in order to counteract, and, if possible, to defeat this plan for destroy ing or nullifying the rights of the Liberal electors in so many parts of the empire ? A declaratory resolution, in faVour of a due observance, by Members, of their oaths of impartiality, would, at best, be mere waste paper. If adopted, it would only be laughed at—but, when brought forward, it would most probably be scouted, if not unceremoniously kicked into the lobby. Where, then, is the remedy ? We frankly own that we know of none but the faithful, zealous, punctual, and early attendance of Liberal representatives in their places upon every day for which a ballot is fixed, so that the Tories shall gain no advantage from the absence of even the least influential of the opponents of their practices. On a ballot all mem bers have an equal chance, and every one of the real re presentatives of the people should consider it as much his responsible business to attend the appointment of an elec tion Committee as to be present at a division upon the most vital question. Let them show the Tories, that though not their match in low artifices and party manoeuvres, they are their match, and more than their match, in strict and constant attention to ono of the most urgent and important Parliamentary duties.—slforning Chronicle. In the small town of Alston-le-Moor resides a surgeon, who, in the space of 35 years' practice, has brought 6,000 children into the world without losing one patient.— Cumberland Pacquet. RECEIPT FOR MAKING A TORY.—The Pro cess is short, and the ingredients very simple :—First, look out in one of the shires for a thick chuckle-head (the Western counties are the best for this purpose); put it in a pan ; then throw in equal quantities of brass and lead, say a pound of each. Next take of common sense the smallest possible grain, and of conscience no scruple at all; mix these well up with a strong decoction of abuse of the Dissenters, and fulsome praise of the Church, particularly its sinecures and pluralities; throw in one or two pensions (a bit of red or blue ribbon is some times not a bad thing), a tide-waiter's salary or a custom house chair; stir it all up with a little of the concentrated es sence of pride, obstinacy, and dulness (this new sauce can be had cheap at the Carlton). Next add of sour grapes two handsful, and bitters ad libitum. Soften it all with a little milk and water ; let it simmer over a slow fire till the scum rises, when you may turn out your Tory complete, and fit for immediate use, the dirtier the better.—New York Advertiser. During the last year the mortality among the peer age has been great, the following noblemen havin , * ' expired during that period : —The Dukes of M on tr ose and Gordon ; the Marquis of Drogheda; Thomas, Marquis of Bath ; Henry Frederick, Marquis of Bath, his successor ; Marquis of Queensberry : the Earls of Listowel, Egremont, Granard, Cavan, Cowper, and Clancarty ; Lords Templemore, Nairne, Dufferin, Glenlyon, Massey, Littleton, De Saumarez. Of these the dukedom of Gordon has become extinct. The front of the Royal Institution in Albemarle. street, is now adorned with no less than fourteen se.-ni-Co rinthian pillars —not one of which supports the slightesi weight, being affixed to the original building merely as orna. ments. The cordwainers (vulgo shoemakers) of Bristol lately received the Royal command for a pair of dress slip pers, and great was the commotion of the craft thereupon. Thoy knew that the Queen was wise, and good, and beauti ful ; but to "know the length of her Majesty's foot" was the only "useful knowledge," and was prized accordingly. The result has been a pair of slippers, which rival the famous glass sir per of Cinderella, and seem more like the manu facture of Puck, Robin Goodfellow, or Quern Mab, and her band of farivs, than the work of mere mortal hands. They are of purple velvet, the Royal Arms and the initials, V. R. , being embroidered in gold upon the front—the figures admi rably delir.eated, well relieved, and executed with exquisite delicacy. Around the sides arc entwined wreaths of oak leaves, interspersed with acorns and roses of gold thread and silk. The inside is of white satin, and exhibits, also in gold, the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock, twined around the words, " All hail to Victoria ;" The slippers are to be en closed in a box of sandal wood, with a golden lock and key, the cover being ornamented with the Royal Arms, superbly carved irr ivory. When the Duke of York (the brother of George III.) was sent to sea, Captain Howe equipped his young eleve in the true Portsmouth fashion ; the captains of the navy then present attended him in their boats on board, where they were severally introduced to the young midshipman. An anecdote is told, which, being highly characteristic of the true simpli city of seamen, is not unlikely to have occurred. A sailor standing with some others on the forecastle, and observing what teas going on, whispered his messmate, " The young gentleman an't over civil, as I thinks ; look, if he don't keep his hat on before all the captains !" " Why, you stupid lub ber," replied the other, " where should he tarn manners, see ing as how he never was at sea before ?"—Life of Admiral Earl Howe. The First and Second Lieutenants of a man-of-war, both great anglers, once disputed concerning the fly season for a particular month, one arguing that the horse-fly was then in season, the other replying that there was no such fly. At the .moment an able sailor, who was also a skilful angler, passed, and the di , putants agreed to leave the question to Jack. '' raid the First Lieutenant, did you ever see a horse . fig?" " No, your honour," replied the tar ; " but I have seen as curious a thing__l have seen a oow jump down a pr:cipice." One circumstance which contributes to deter young men from marrying in Smyrua is, that when a girl enters the hymeneal state she expects to have one at least, perhaps more, of her sisters to live Is ith her; so that poor Benedict must count upon having as good as two wires to support ; and, if the family should become reduced or distressed, he is expected to take chirge of them : and as the families are very large, a man entails upon himself no trifle of expense. —Herve's Resi dence in Turkey and Greece. ST. isA AC's CHURCH, PETERSBURG.—The workmen continued, according to the last accounts, to be busily engaged in the construction of thin colossal monument. This building is probably the largest which modern Europe has seen a-isc, and will probably continue an object of wonder to strangers. Imagine a mass of architecture 340 English feet in height, entirely of marble and metal, decorated outside with 112 columns of red granite, each consisting only of one piece. The marble dome, surrounded by a colonnade, is 109 feet in diameter, and around rise four steeples intended for the reception of bells. The whole forms a monument to be com pared only with the collossal works of India and Egypt. The church is to be finished in 1841. The twenty-four columns which support the dome are each 42 feet high, of a single piece, and from the same quarries in Finland which furnished the Alexander Column—each weighs 209,000 pounds. The machinery by which they were raised to a height of 200 feet, and fixed in their r e spective places, is in itself deserving of wonder and admiration. A. letter from a Dr. Kunzcl on the history of the machine which was intended to be used by Hubert, is given in the Cunstitutioneel of Saturday. According to this, it was invented ten years ago by a Swiss, named Steuble, who took his plan to St. Petersburg'', where he borrowed money of a man to whom he pledged it, but who attempted to secure to himself the whole benefit of the discovery, which was to be exhibited to the Emperor Nicholas. Steuble having disco vered this, sold his machine to the British Charge d'AiTaires for 12,0001„ and in the morning of the day in which its powers were to be displayed to the Czar, contrived to explode and destroy it. The British Government, having refused to per form the contract, M. Steuble came to France, and offered his machine to the Government, but, meeting with no success, went to Vienna, leaving it in England in the hands of his son, with the nature of whose transactions Hubert the Doctor is unacquainted. The following is the description he gives of the machine : —lt is a single cannon, placed on an ordinary gun carriage, having several mouths, which throw 172 balls in a minute, or 10,320 in an hour, carrying them to a distance of 2,500 feet. This gun, which requires six men to serve it, and may be drawn by four horses, is intended for besieging for tresses; but Steuble has formed field pieces upon the same model, throwing 8,160 balls in an hour, and mounting guns throwing 6,000 balls in the same time. LONGEVlTY.—Appollonius of Tyana, attained the age of 130, Llewarch Hen 150, Thomas Parr 112, Henry Jenkins 169, the Countess of Desmond 145, Thomas Damma 143, Peter Porton 185, Margaret Patten 137, John Rovin and his wife 172 and 164. H. Nlongae 185, Solomon Nibel 143, Judith Crawford 150, Robert Lynch 160, Catherine Lopez 134, Margaret Darley 130, Rebecca Pury 140, Frances Peat 130, Juan Moroygota 138, Joseph Barn 146, and Catherine Hiatt 150. THE BALLOT.----On Tuesday, a numerous meet ing of the electors and inhabitants of the county of Peebles, was held in the Town Hall of Peebles, to consider the pro priety of petitioning the Legislature to pass a law authorizing the votes of electors for members of Parliament, to be taken by ballot. Mr. Steuart of Glenormiston was called to the chair ; and besides him on the platform were the Hon. J. Erskine Murray, the provost of Peebles, Adam Stewart, Esq. of Hawkshaw; Baillies Patterson and M'Nab, Dean of Guild Smeal, and other members of the Town Council of Peebles, and a number of farmers. The room was crowded to excess ; and a resolution, and a petition . founded thereon, in favour of the Ballot, were unanimously agreed to. The speakers were the Hon. J. E. Murray, Baillie M'Nab, and Mr. Stewart of Hawkshaw. At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Murray gratified the meeting by explaining the proposed mode of voting by Mr. Grote's ballot-box, which called forth repeated cheers. -------- One of the highest compliments ever paid a poet was, that Wordsworth, when he first got possession of a copy of the Sonnets of the Rev. Lisle Bowles, ono morning when he was setting out on' a pedestrian tour from London was so captivated with their beauty that ho retreated into one of the recesses of Westminster-bridge, and could not be in duced to rejoin his companions till he finished them. A servant girl living at a respectable farm-house, a few miles from Oswestry, having cause - I her name to be en tered as a tee-totaller, it so enraged some of the neighbour ing men-servants, that they treated her in an outrageous manner, blacking her person with the grease from waggon wheels. The offenders were taken before the Magistrates at Oswestry, and fined los. each and costs.—Shrewsbury Chron. In Nottingham and Leicestershire, Associations are forming for the purpose of protection against the frequent im positions in charges, &c. of the Sheriffs' officers' men, gene rally called bailiffs' followers. There is no doubt but a great many and scandalous impositions, plunders, indeed, are prac tised by numbers of these men, who are, generally speaking, wanting of civility, feeling, or principle. Amongst this class a great change is certainly wanting. CRIMINAL COURT.-(MONDAY.) Several persons complained of the waste of public time on the first day of every Session in consequence of the number of persons claiming exemption when summoned to serve on the jury, the necessity of which would be in a great degree obviated if those who were past sixty years of age would apply to the parish or ward officers, to have their names taken out of the list. There were also a number of other applicants, who had no claim to exemption on the ground of age or infirmity. A gentleman of the name of Thompson attempted to avoid the ser vice on the ground of his being a professional man. The RECORDER inquired as to what profession ? The applicant re plied a dentist. The RECORDER said that he could not come under the heads of practising surgeon or apothecary. The gentleman most obey the summons, or submit to the fine. It appeared to the Court that excep tions were made a sort of speculation. Another individual prayed to be allowed to depart the Court as he was connected with pharmacy; but it appearing that he was not an apothecary in the strict sense of the word he gained nothing by his application A third person had something to do in a Dissenting congregation, and although not a regular Pastor, he performed services two evenings in a week, and he had abmdoned his secular business for some time. The RECORDER held that he could not be erased, as the Act only exempted regular preachers and schoolmasters. Another gentleman was connected with the office of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, and was superintending the heating, lighting, and ventilation of the House of Commons during the recess. The RECORDER excused him, but, alluding to the two Courts at the Old Bailey, his Lordship observed that he would probably be very ser viceable to them, Another person prayed exemption, because he had lately buried his wife. He was told that it was not probable that he would have such another misfortune for at least a good while to come, but he must re member that, allowed to depart at this time, he would be called upon again when the days of his mourning had expired. Charles Digby, aged 49., the well-known common informer, was in dicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury at the Edmonton Petty Sessions on the 9th of last October. The defendant, who surren dered to take his trial, pleaded Not Guilty. After evidence had been heard, the defendant was then acquitted. _ . There were several other cases, but they were of trifling importance. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. The driver of the Ipswich Blue appeared before the LORD MAYOR this morning, upon an information laid against him, under the 2d and 2d William IV., chap, 120, by a gentleman of the name of Gladstone, re siding in Regent-street, Pall Mall, for carrying five inside passengers, he being licensed to carry only four inside, and eleven out. It appeared that three inside places were booked at Ipswich for Mr. Gladstone's two children and their governess, by the Ipswich Blue, on Thursday week last, the other place being occupied by the wife of a clergyman at Strat ford. One stage from Ipswich, the defendant placed a child inside the coach, and upon being remonstrated with by the governess, stated that he had a right to do so, and that, if he did anything wrong, he would be answerable for his conduct in London. Mr. Hobler, jun , appeared in support of the informotion, and con. tended that the defendant, by carrying five inside passengers, had ren dered himself liable to the penalties of the Act. The defendant called the father of the child, who proved that 'his little one was only six years of age, and that the lady of the clergyman inside very kindly offered to take the child on her lap. The Solicitor for the defendant submitted that his client had not violated any of the provisions of the Act, because the 35th section stated that a child in the lap was not to be considered as a passenger, and that two children, under seven years of age, were to be considered only as one p assenger. • Mr. Gladstone stated he had not laid this information from any vin dictive feeling, but that as he or some part of his family were often going to and from Ipswich, he wished to have it publicly known whether coachmen were to be allowed to force upon those who had paid for their seats an additional number of passengers. A junior clerk from the stage-coach office stated that he did not think the Commissioners would have noticed the present case, and The Luau MATOR dismissed the information. GUILDHALL. A most respectably dressed and good-looking young man, named John Chandler, was brought before Mr. Alderman LAINSON, charged with the following daring act of robbery : Mrs. Fairfax, the landlady of the White Horse Tap, in Friday-street, deposed that last night, between five and six o'clock, the prisoner came to the bar of her house, and asked for a small glass of brandy, with which he was sarved. There was another man in his company, who called for a glass of ale. The prisone r gave a sovereign in payment for the brandy, and received from her, to the best of her recollection, seven half-crowns and two shillings. The servant gave him threepence in cop per. To put away the sovereign she took out her purse, and the pri soner instantly, and with great force, snatched it out of her hand, and both of them ran off—one took to the right hand, and escaped—the prisoner ran up the street, and in order to baffle all pursuit, ran up the wide entrance of the White Horse waggon-yard. Witness screamed and ran out ; she saw him going up the entry, and followed and took him. She was join,ed by her son, and the prisoner was taken back and given into custody, the purse contained 17 sovereigns and a 51. note. Ann Peachum was serving in the bar, at the time she served the prisoner with the brandy, and gave him three penny pieces in change, as requested to do by her mistress. The affair then took place as de scribed. She was perfectly certain the prisoner was the man. The prisoner declared that he was innocent as the unborn child, he heard the old woman screaming, and went up to ask her what was the matter. Cuthbert, the constable of the night, received the charge of the pri soner at the watch-house, and on seatching him found five half crowns, four shillings and two sixpences. _ _ Theprisomr said every word which had been said against him was false. He had no friends in London, and prayed to be remanded for a week,• till he sent for them. He had a little property of his own, and his mother, who was in Wales, allowed him as much as made enough to keep him. Ile repeated the story of his intire innocence, and said the witnesses had all made a mistake. Mrs. Fairfax and her son, both said that the prisoner when taken into custody, so far from denying his guilt only prayed for mercy. The prisoner strictly dulled this, but Cuthbert the constable sa'd that even in the wat,:h-house he went on his knees praying for mercy. In answer to the worthy Magistrate, Cuthbert said he did not know anything of the prisoner, but he saw a man shake hands with him that morning at the Compter, who was well known to the police. The prisoner said he only knew the person spoken of as a servant at a puklic.house where he had lodged. He knew no one in London, and again prayed for delay. _ TheNla , zistrate said the case was so Cear, the act so very daring, that his duty compelled him to commit him to Newzate instantly.— Committed. 130 W-STREET. PUNCH ♦Nn Potmcs.—Two Irish swells, named Andrew and Per. deride Loughlin, twin brothers, wearing long carotty beards, each lisp ing Queen's English in the most effeminate and lady-like style, were charged by Edward Lynch with committing a violent and unirovoked assault upon him. The complainant stated that about nine o'clock on Saturday night he went into the Tun public-house, in Chandos-strect, for the purpose of regaling himself with a pint of half-and-half and a screw, and having waited for a short time for a friend to join him, the defendants, who were in the parlour before him, introduced themselves by entering into conversation on politics, in the course of which, having some doubts that the defendants, from their outlandish appearance, could be inha bitants of " Erin's Green Isle," he challenged either of the twins to speak their mother-tongue in its native purity. He had scarcely ut tered the words, when the defendant Andrew struck him a blow on his os front:4 with a she.delah, which speedily convinced him, that although he might be ignorant of the language he had some skill in brandishing an alpcen. Mr. TwrFoan—Why do the defendants wear such terrific long beards—are they natives of Poland ? Twin Andrew begged to acquaint the Magistrate that he and his brother were both Irishmen, but had been travelling for the last four years, and had lately returned from the scat of war in Canada. The waiter of the public-house corroborated the statement of the complainant, and added that the defendants were very violent, encou raging each other to" give it" to the complainant. Policeman 78 F division proved that there was a general row, and that the complainant gave the defendants in charge, but he could give no account of the commencement of the fight. The brother of the defendants complained that he had offered his watch as a security for the appearance of the twins, but it was refused, and should they be held to bail he could not procure it, as they were only three weeks in town. Mr. TWYPORD said, he had nothing to do with the defendants' pri• 'ate pursuits, and he would call upon them to make good the damage done over their cups, and pay a fine of ten shillings each, for the assault. The defendants instantly paid the money, and were allowed to pro. coed on their travels. HA7'TON-GARDEN. Yesterday William West, alias William Smith, was plac - d at the bar before Mr. LAING, charged by Mr. Wright, mail-coach contractor, of Hatton-garden, with having robbed of a sack and a q uantit y of iron. Mr. LaiNo fined him 51. or two months' imprisonment. William Tiggell, aged seventeen, was charged by Mr. Raphael Eld_ ridge, of the firm of Eldridge and Smith, of No. 9, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, with having stolen two bales of valuable merino. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. On Saturday last a man named lir Hale was charged with having stolen a quantity of lead from a Mr. King, a builder of Islington, when he was fully committed to Newgzite for trial. On being placed in the lock-up cell, Waddington, the gaoler, during his temporary ab se n ce , merely left the door bolted, on which the prisoner contrived to force his hand through the bars and draw the bolt back, when he climbed over a wall and made his escape ; on discovering which the goaler made every search, and proceeded over the roofs of the houses, hut could trace no tidings of him; he conseque n tl y pro ceeded, in the company of King, a constable, to the prisoner's lodgings at Islington, where they traced the fugitive to have been, and h i s wife, daughter, and a man were taken into custody on suspicion of harbour ing him; they adopted every means to elicit information from them as to his retreat, but they maintained silence, and they were brought to this office, and remanded. The male prisoner, on being l oc k e d up became intimidated, and offered to give information, on condition th a t they would liberate him, and being promised his liberty he confessed that he had seen M`Hale after his escape, and that he was to meet his daughter on the following morning at Barnet, at nine o'clock, in order to furnish him with money to proceed to Ireland. W...,‘ l dington on the following morning repaired to Barnet, add made Inquiries at the various public.houses, but could trace nothing of the thief, and he gave infor mation to the horse-patrol, &c., and returned to London. On Saturday morning they succeeded in capturing him at Carter's public-house, and bringing him to this office, when he was again placed at the bar, and being identified he was forthwith taken to Newgate, and the other par ties were discharged. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, James Mason, a tall athletic man, about 35 years of age, was placed at the bar before ➢lr. Rawlinson, charged with having inter married with Christina Gooch (a woman at least twenty years older than himself), his former wife being at the time living. Complainant resided at No. 45, York-square, Regent's-park, and in the early part of 1835, she lived in one of h er own f ree h o ld houses in the Westerminster road. While there, the Prisoner made inquiry of her with respect to some apartments which she had to let, but he did not take them. He, however continued to visit her frequently, and having at last made an offer of his hand and heart they were united by banns at Bow church, Cheapside, in the summer of the above-named year. Mr. IlawtimsoN—Who was present at the marriage ? Complain ant—My sister, Lucy Badley, was one who was there. She was the bridesmaid, and now lives in Wood-street, Ch eapside. Mr. Its WLINSON—How long had YOU know n th e prisoner when you mar, ied him ? Complainant—About four months. Mr. RAWLINSON—Did he represent himself to you to be a man of property ? Complainant—He did, and I unfortunately believed him. I had property of my own, and . thought i t was proper ly sec u re d t o me at my marriage, but I have been deceived, as he very soon expended the whole of it. A few months after We had been living together, another woman came to our house, repr esent i ng h erse lf t o b e hi s law ful wife. He then quitted me, and, as I am informed, has since been taken up and committed for a month from Union Hall for neglecting to Provide for this same woman and her two children. Mr. RA WLINSON— When did you next see him ? Complainant—On, Saturday last, while 1 was sitting at dinner, he knocked at the door, and I let him in ; he had evidently been drinking, and I;roughC with him a lage dog. He began quarrelling with me, and in his rage 1. , e pulled off his coat and shirt; he tore the shirt in two, and thrust it into the grate, and, drawing it out while it was blazing, threw it over iny shou !tiers. My clothes were, in consequence thereof, enveloped in flameC ; an d had not a person in the upper part of the house come to my ,visistance I must have been burnt to death. He then tfok from the fire a .'eel tie full of boiling water, which he threw at me with all his force, but it fortu nately missed me; and on my reaching the door I called a police man, who took him into custody. Mr. RAwlassox—ls your sister, who was present at your marrie I", here ? Complainant—No, Sir; but I can get her to come forward ,on some future day. Mr. IlawuNsoN (to the prisoner)—You have heard the charge made against you. What have you to say ?—Prisoner (with much: indifference)-111 tell you, Sir. When I married my first wife I thought we should have lived comfortably ; but she one day took it into her head to leave me, and afterwards came back and cut her throat in a dreadful manner, from car to ear. At this time we were living in the country, and as it was thought she was out of her mind she was sent to the Lancaster Lunatic Asylum. I came up to London, bringing with me my two children, whom I put out to nurse, and I soon received information, such as I thought I could rely upon, that my wife was dead. Of course I thought, under these circumstances, that I was at liberty to do as I pleased, and a:Ting this lady (Mrs. Gooch), with whom. I considered I could be happy, I made her my wife I have since been to America, from which part of the world I have lately returned, and it was my intention to have taken my second wife back with me; but she objected to go. I assure you, Sir, that when I married again I had no doubt whatever that my first wife was dead. The prisoner, in order to afford time for the production of other wit nesses necessary to complete the case, was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Sheath, a carman, who was remanded for the purpose of allowing time for inquiry into the circumstances which occasioned the death of Ann Stock a few days ago, was brought before Mr. Chambers to be dis charged, the Jury having returned a verdict of " Accidental death." When the aecused was first charged some of the witnesses swore that at the time of the accident he began lashing the horse, and immediately the animal took fright. This was proved to be entirely false, for it was satisfactorily established that the accused never took out a whip with him. Mr. Chambers inquired if anything had been done for the child which :he deceased had left? A person from Messrs. Wheatcroft and Co., the prisoner's employers * said that ten shillings had already been given, and he had no doubt as soon as the prisoner's master returned from the country something more would be done. The prisoner attributed the accident to a sudden fright of the horse at an omnibus that passed. A policeman said Warburton's omnibuses were constantly in the ha bit of racing with the other Company. This was the Company, which when first established, declared that no racing should take place among their drivers. Mr. Cul, x ueas said both Companies raced one against the other, and he only hoped some one would bring cases before him, and he would by the cif, ct of heavy fines in suppressing the nuisance.—The prisoner was liberated UNION-HALL. William Jones was charged with stealing a bag containing upwards of 51. from the counting-house of a wharfinger in Montague-close. The prisoner was committed for trial. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday Mr. Valentine, an inspector of the K division of police,, accompanied by Mr. Belson, a surgeon in High-street, who was the pa-. rish-doctor of St. John, Wapping, before the introduction of the new Poor-law, and is now one of the medical officers of the Stepney Union, related to Mr. Broderip a case of severe distress which had come under their notice. The inspector was bound, in the performance of his duty to inform the Bench that a woman, whose name appeared on the po lice-sheet as " Charlotte Spriggs, aged 40, found in a destitute condition, having no place of abode," could not be brought to the office in conse quence of her being in a dying state; and he added that it was with treat difficulty he procured h r admission into the workhouse, where she then was. Mr. Valentine stated that about seven o'clock on Tuesday morning two unfortunate women found the woman lying on the pavement in Blue Gate-fields, Shadwell. She was in a state of insensibility and. extreme suffering. They brought the poor creature to the station_ house, and mentioned to the police sergeant, No. 27 K, who was there, where and in what state they had found her. Sergeant Derrick im mediately ordered James Rooke, a policeman, No. 245 K, to co.nvey her to Wapping Workhouse, and she was carried there on the stretcher. On knocking at the gate the porter said his master a vas nut up, but he would not admit her if he was without an order from the relieving officer. On hearing this Rooke left the woman at the. Greenbank station-house, adjoining the workhouse, and sent for Dr. Belson, who lived close by. The Doctor promptly attended, and, on seeing the woman, said it was a severe case of distress, and the woman ought to be placed in a warns bed directly. Rooke proceeded to the house of Mr. Serjeant, the relieving overseer of the Shadwelll and Wapping district of the Stepney Union, and stated the nature of the case to him. Mr. Serjeant said he could not give an order for the admission of the woman without he saw her ; and that Phillips, the master of the workhouse, could admit her if he thought fit. Sergeant Henham, lii K, was the bearer of this message to Phillips, who said he wou d not take any person in unless it was a case of great emergency, without an order. Henham represented the alarming illness of the woman to Phillips, who refused to alter his determination. H enham, finding the woman getting worse, sent a messenger to Mr. Serjeant, and requested him to call at the stalon-house. The Relieving o.cficer shortly after attended there, and Henham observed, " This is a v cry bad case, Sir. Mr. Belson says it is a very bad one, and tl !at she ought to be put in a very warm bed as soon as possible. " Serjeant, after looking at the woman, said, " Dr. Belson and r don't agree in that. I thought when I came here I came to see a terrible bad case—l can'tadmit her." Henham represented thepropriety of affording the woman a better asylvm than the station.house, end Sergeant asked him where she was found. Ilenham made answer in Bluegate Fields (a narrow lane leading out of High-street, Shadwell, cue side being in St. Paul, Shadwell, and the other in St. George, Middlesex.) Sergeant asked which side, and on being told it was the Shadwell side of the street, said, " Why was she not rut over to the other side, and let other people have the trouble of her? I shall give no order for her admittance." The relitv:ng officer left the woman :vs the station-house about ten o'clock, and by his (Mr. Valentine's) diree tions she was allowed to remain before the fire, and was attended with the greatest care by Henham anl other ffi.e3rs. She continued un. well all day, and a bason of soup, which was sent t o n the workhouse, was applied to her lips, but she was unable to swallow it. A half-pint of porter was sent her by Mr. Belson, which she swallowed, but her stomach wss so weak that she covld not retain the liquor, and j2cte I it. About half-past ten o'clock at ni ht, t'ae condition of the woman became so alarming that He sham sent to Mr. Belson again, rce queAing Isis immediate attendance, for the purpose of devising some► means to get the woman into the workhouse. Mr. Belson prom?tly at tended, and he said the woman was so very ill that he would use his in fluence 'o obtain her admission. He left for a short time, and on Isis return directed the woman to be carried to the workhouse, which sho entered about eleven o'cloc%, and where she halsince remained. The woman appeared to have suffered from want of the common necessaries of life, and he should say it was a case of real distress. He believed she had been living in Ratcliffe. . Very little, however, could be col lected from her as to her previous condition in life. Mr. BRODERIP went over all the facts of the case, as detailed above, and directed the inspector to represent the whole matter to the Police Commissioners, who would act as they should be advised, to prevent the Police being taken away from their legitimate duties, and if any change for the worse took place as regarded the unfortunate woman, who he trus!ed would receive every care and attention, he begged that he might be informed of it as early as possible. The inspector promised to comply with the directions of the worthy Magistrate, and here the matter ended. HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY.—Among the many distinguished families comprised in the Fifteenth Part of Mr. Burke's History of the Commoners, just pub lished, are the following :—Adams of Anstey—Foljambe of Osberton—Babi ng t on of Rothley Temple—Barton of Staple ton Park—Hope of Deepdene—Atkins of Firville—Huysho of Sand—Taylor of Ogwell—Reynell of Devon—Fowler of Pendcford—Carne of Nash—Nicholl of Dimland—lrby of Boyland Hall—Wren of Constable Burton—Whitgreave of Moseley Court—Leigh of West Hall—Lloyd of Dan yr Allt—Hesketh of Gwyrch Castle—Fleetwood of Rossall— Speke of Jordans—Robertson of Strowan—Lee 'Warner of Walsingham Abbey—Milbanke of Thorpe Perrow—Tyndale of Hayling—French of French Park—Harvey of Sckwell bury—Chadwick of Sl,vintonhall—Cookes of Bentley—Crorn melin of Carrowdore Castle—Fowell of Devonshire—Digby of Osbertstown—Dappa of Hollingbourne—Hibbert Ware of Edinburgh —Macneill of Barra—Mayne of Teffont—Slaney of Hatton Grange—Phipps of Leighton House— Pratt of Capra Castle—Radcliffe of Fox.denton—Skene of Rubieslaw —Upton of Ingmire Ilan, &c. One more Part will com plete this important and interesting work. - FINE OLD ENGLISH LABOURER.—At Words ley, near Stourbridge, there is now living a man, of the ex traordinary age of 112 years. lie was born in the neighbour hood of Brierley Hill, where he was put parish apprentice for three years. In his youthful days, he accidentally received a cut across the temples, which deprived him both of speech and hearing, and he now remains deaf and dumb, but his eyesight is remarkably good—so good that he is able to read and write the usual schoolboy's small hand. He left W or d s l e y about 30 years ago, and has been working in some gardens in Lon don, and no account was heard of him from that time till Tues day, the 21st of November last, when, who should present himself but " Poor Old Cookey" (the name by which he was called thirty years ago), to the no little surprise of many, w ho now literally speaking, arc old men, and who remembered the old man when they were boys and apprentices. He walks re markably well, his hair is very long, but not yet grey, and his faculties are very good. From his appearance, a person would not judge him to be more than 70 years : but it is well authen ticated that his age is 112. Those who knew him when he left say, there is not the slightest change in his appearance. He formerly used to work about the glass houses as a la bourer, where he now takes.up his abode, and depends upon the generosity of the workmen for support. PATENT LEVER WATCHES, With silver double-bottom cases £6 6 With silver hunting cases 6 16 6 This celebrated construction (the most accurate en which a watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest improvements , i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, ca pped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining power to continuo going while winding up, at the above price, by T• COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. ••••••••••••••spersEr BITIIS. On the 28th ult., in Chester R -street, Grosvenor-place, Mrs. 1 Fitzroy, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., the lady of T. Barrow, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, on the 30th ult., the Rev. Vi r : T. F. Goodehild, to Jane Theophila, eldest (laughter of Frano 6 Turner, Esq., of Queen-square. DIED. On the 23(1 ult., at Cork, Major Banner, of the 93d Highlanders' awl formerly of the 23d Lancers, second son of R. Banner, Esql late of E m bl e t on an d H orton. He was a distinguished officer a t Waterloo. 100. On the 23d ult , R. Percy Wilson, Esq., of Bildeston House , Suffolk, aged 69. On the 29th ult., aged 9 years, and 5 months, Caroline Maria, youugcst daughter of R. Paterson, Esq., Blackheath. London ; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, °I „ 112, Strand, a t Th s Sun Office, No. 112, St r a n d, i n the c ount; of Middlesex.—Tuesday, January 2, 1£438. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1838